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Yp5EA TIL Calcium deficiency can contribute to mood problems such as irritability, anxiety, depression, and difficulty sleeping.
pryQ TIL the “pirate accent” is actually from Dorset, England. Robert Newton used it as Long John Silver, and it has stuck ever since.
ZpVED TIL that while 'Beat It' by Michael Jackson peaked at #3 in Australia, 'Eat It' by Weird Al Yankovic peaked at #1
WoZN TIL while filming “Predator,” Jesse Ventura saw in the wardrobe department that his biceps were 1" bigger than Arnold Schwarzenegger’s. He challenged Arnold to a bicep-measuring contest…and lost. Arnold had told the wardrobe department to lie to Ventura so he could win the bet.
P1AnJ TIL a potato chip called The Whole Shabang was made for American prisons. The chips, described as a combination of salt & vinegar and BBQ, were so popular among ex-inmates that a gray market sprung up to get them out of prisons. The manufacturer finally started selling them to the public in 2016.